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KVM February 28, 2006

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Pay: KaVoom
Open-source/Free: Synergy

Freeware Video Conversion February 24, 2006

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    Simple — one-step


Mencoder/FFmpeg +/- SUPER GUI [free] http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
ConvertXtoDVD [pay]
WinAVI [pay]

    DVD9-DVD5


DVDShrink (transcode)
DVDRebuilder (if smaller = re-encoder)

    DVD-DivX


AutoGK

    Decoding/Filters


FFDshow Tryouts
FLV (http://www.moitah.net/)

    Video Editing


Jahshaka

    Power User


VirtualDub

Tech Support Alert February 24, 2006

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http://www.techsupportalert.com/issues/back_issues.htm
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_46_free_utilities.htm
http://www.techsupportalert.com/more/extended.htm

Great Software:
http://www.anova.org/software/
http://tinyapps.org/
http://www.marktaw.com/reviews/MyFavoriteSmallware.html
http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/

Print Multiple Documents All At Once February 24, 2006

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http://www.print-conductor.com/

Javascript Image Cross-Fade February 15, 2006

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http://slayeroffice.com/code/imageCrossFade/xfade2.html

PDF tools February 14, 2006

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To view a PDF:
Foxit PDF viewer http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
or
Sumatra: http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/

To convert a file online:
http://convert.neevia.com/ (1MB max)
http://www.expresspdf.com/ (20MB max, far fewer document formats supported)
Convert back:
http://pdfdl.oceighty.net/pdf2html.php?url=

Free PDF printer driver:
CutePDF http://www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/writer.asp
(http://www.primopdf.com/ is similar to cute, but I prefer cute)
(http://www.pdf995.com/ is a free suite, but bulky and unneccesary)

Best pay PDF printer driver:
PDF Factory http://www.pdffactory.com/ (which I believe uses industry-leading compression algorithms)

GPL Open-source PDF utility:
PDFCreator http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm
(GhostScript http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/)

Playing Back Encoded Videos February 12, 2006

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Many types of encoded videos found on the internet (usually MPEG4: DivX,XviD,H.264) might not be playable on your computer as it stands. Here’s a virtually brain-less way (and actually completely free) to get most videos to play.

VideoLAN Client plays virtually any media file (except RealMedia): http://www.videolan.org/
Just get the portable version – compressed for convenience:
http://portableapps.com/apps/audio_video/media_players/portable_vlc

(And… GOM Player plays broken AVIs)

Or if you want to use Windows Media Player or other DirectShow players, you need a filter.
FFDShow (Tryouts fork) is the best by far:
http://ffdshow-tryout.sourceforge.net/

If you want a “Codec Pack”, the only one I’d recommend is CCCP:
http://cccp-project.net/

Might post on more advanced things to do with video codecs in the future.